Amrita Sher-Gil

1913–1941 · Post-Impressionist form turned toward Indian village life

ModernismPost-ImpressionismVillage lifeColour

The short version

Trained in Paris, Sher-Gil rejected the salon and reworked Ajanta fresco and Mughal miniature into a modern idiom before her death at 28.

Key works

1935

Ochre, rust and resignation in a shallow frame.

Notes from members

Learn more